Welcome back, college sports fans to our latest episode (#628). Yesterday we had buzzer beaters (Duke over LSU), near upsets (Duke edging St Johns), actual upsets (Notre Dame over Vanderbilt), and the occasional blowout (UCONN over North Carolina). We now have 24 Women’s teams left (12 in the NCAA, 4 in the WBIT, and 8 …
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Welcome back, college sports fans. Once the conference tourneys crowned their champions, we began our six-tournament postseason with 256 teams vying for six titles. That’s 250 games or, pessimistically, 250 teams that will end their seasons on a loss. After the 11 games played yesterday, we begin today with just 55 teams left. With just …
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Welcome back, college sports fans, to the games of March 26, 2026. After a couple of pretty slow days (seven games total), we have 11 on the slate today. Overall, there are just 61 college basketball games left before we crown our six champions, so 11 is a pretty good percentage of those left. Predictions …
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Welcome back, college sports fans, as we look into the games of March 25, 2026. Counting today, there are just 12 more days in the college basketball season that began way back on November 1st. In those 12 games, we will see 64 games (37 for the Women and 27 for the Men) before we …
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Welcome back, college sports fans. Yesterday was a crazy day. A double-overtime upset by Virginia (10th seed) over Iowa (2), three one-possession games, three more single-digit games, and all four 1-seed teams blowing out their competition: UCONN over Syracuse 98-45, South Carolina over Southern Cal 101-61, BYU (WBIT) over Missouri 93-75, and UCLA over Oklahoma …
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Welcome back, college sports fans. Yesterday, the Men’s tournaments finished the Round of 32 (NCAA) and the Round of 16 (NIT), leaving 16 and 8 teams, respectively along with the 8 teams from the CBC who don’t begin until April. Just 32 teams left to crown 3 champions meaning 29 more games. There are no …
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So, oh great, patient, and wonderful college sports fans. Earlier today, we posted the schedule for today but inadvertently omitted the WBIT games today. The 7 Round 2 games are below. This is what happens when one changes one’s process without validation. Ugh. Tour/Round Time Women’s Games (All Times Eastern) Conf Seeds Pred CBIT/R2 WIS …
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Welcome back, college sports fans, to a new day of close games, overtime thrillers, and the occasional upset. After yesterday’s games we have just 126 teams left out of the original 256. 130 games played, 130 winners, 130 teams heading home. We have 28 more today. Let’s jump in. ….. In the tables below, the …
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Welcome back, college sports fans, to episode 620 of the GCR – also the 20th consecutive day with at least one post and the Madness has just begun! Yesterday’s games were fun to watch with a few close calls but no major upsets. We are assuming that means get ready for a wild ride today. …
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Welcome back, oh great and wonderful college sports fans, to the latest episode of the GCR. Yesterday, we almost saw 16-seed Siena take down 1-seed Duke in the Men’s NCAA. We did see VCU (11) beat North Carolina (6), High Point (12) best Wisconsin (5) to secure their first ever tournament victory, and Texas A&M …
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